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Ross Douthat, telephone! (it's happening) - Marginal REVOLUTION
The Catholic advocacy group Catholic Answers released an AI priest called “Father Justin” earlier this week...
Sunday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Lazarus Lake update. 2. Robin Hanson responds to Scott Alexander. I do not entirely agree...
Forthcoming growth winners? - Marginal REVOLUTION
I haven’t been following these countries closely, so I don’t have any “takes,” but I will...
Apportioning the causes of the UK growth shortfall - Marginal REVOLUTION
Take the basic non-growth of the UK economy since 2008 (productivity, real wages, per capita gdp)...
Thursday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Works in Progress will be running an “Invisible College” in Cambridge, UK. 2. How much...
The Norwegian ban on smart phones in middle schools - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is a new paper by Sara Abrahamsson. Perhaps there is Norwegian exceptionalism at work, but...
Why do I prefer current airport procedures? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Michael Stack writes me: “Hi Tyler – you wrote about preferring current airport procedures to pre-9/11...
Monday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Are Indian women stronger relative supporters of Modi? 2. Apple to build on-device AI? 3....
Arguments that (almost) everyone hates - Marginal REVOLUTION
These are usually worth pondering, as at the very least you will learn something. Here is...
Sunday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Rasheed Griffith reggae playlist. 2. Poland got rid of compulsory homework for grade school. 3....
The game theory of the final round of the Candidates - Marginal REVOLUTION
The amazing Gukesh (17 years old!) is half a point ahead with one round remaining today. ...
What should I ask Alan Taylor? - Marginal REVOLUTION
He is one of the greatest of living American historians, here is from Wikipedia: Alan Shaw...
"The Simple Macroeconomics of AI" - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the new Daron Acemoglu paper, and he is skeptical about its overall economic effects. ...
Saturday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Ross Douthat on whether the internet is the enemy of progress (NYT). 2. “This year,...
Decoupling from China? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Maybe, but maybe not: Amid the current U.S.-China technological race, the U.S. has imposed export controls...
The politics of *Civil War* (full of spoilers, do not read) - Marginal REVOLUTION
I saw the film as having very definite politics, and yes I am aware of the...
Friday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Andrej Karpathy on Llama 3. 2. The PEN awards are on the brink of collapse....
What I am nostalgic about - Marginal REVOLUTION
With a group of friends I was having a chat about the merits of the current...
Response from Devin Pope, on religious attendance - Marginal REVOLUTION
All of this is from Devin Pope, in response to Lyman Stone (and myself). Here was...
U.S.A. fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
Latin American immigrants are starting businesses at more than twice the rate of the U.S. population...
Thursday assorted links - Marginal REVOLUTION
1. Interview with Ulrike Malmendier, a regional thinker in the best sense of the term. 2....
My excellent Conversation with Peter Thiel - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the audio, video, and transcript, along with almost thirty minutes of audience questions, filmed...
Michael Cook on Iran - Marginal REVOLUTION
Our primary concern in this chapter will be Iran, though toward the end we will shift...
